Display-holder for handkerchiefs, &amp;c.



UNITED ramena: orifice;

DISPLAY-HOLDER FOR HANDKERCl-NEFS, 1.0.

ivo. 802,802.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24, 1905.

Application filed November 3, 1904. Serial No. 231,293.

T all zul/1.0m, it may concern;

Be it known that I, GEORGE WASHINGTON EnnIGI-rr, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Xenia, in the county of Greene and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Display-Holders forHandlrerchiefs, &c., of which the following is a speci lication.

My invention is in the nature of a novel form of holder for displayingin suspended position handkerchiefs, neclrties, ribbons, laces, andother similar articles of merchandise in stores in such a way as toexhibit the patterns of the same in an attractive way, to hold a largequantity of them in available position for sale, and to so secure themas to permit them to be inserted and removed with great facility andwithout' danger of tearing or soiling the delicate fabrics.

My invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of theholder, which I will now proceed to describe with referencel to thedrawings, in which- FigureA l is a side view; Fig. 2, a plan view; Fig.3, an enlarged detail in plan view of a portion of one of theholder-arms, and Fig. Li is a cross-section of the same.

In the drawings Figs. 1 and 2, A represents a vertical shaft bearing atits lower end a series of horizontal radial arms B, whose outer ends areattached to and sustained by individual guy-wires O, extending up andinwardly to the central shaft, to which they are attached. The shaft Ais preferably suspended from its upper end, but may be sustained in anyother way. The radial arms B and guy-wires C are preferably arranged torevolve about the shaft A.

rIhe construction of the arms B constitutes the chief feature of myinvention, and this is best seen in Figs. 3 and fi. Each arm is :formedof two longitudinal strips b and b of wood or metal, which are fastenedtogether by screws or otherwise and clamp between them a series of wireclasps c of peculiar character, as hereinafter more fully described. Theupper one of the two longitudinal bars is about half as wide as thelower one and is centrally placed thereon for the purpose hereinafterdescribed. The wire clasps c are of symmetrical and integralconstruction and extend in two rows or series, one on each side of thearm-strips ZJ in parallel position throughout the length of the arm.They are formed of a single piece of spring-wire `the pinching strain atany one point.

of round or other cross-section and are bent into elongated hexagone,the inner angle of each hexagon extending across the bar b and beingmore elongated than the outer angle. The parallel sides of the heXagonlie parallel with and adjacent to each other# that is to say, the side23 of one hexagon lies adjacent to, parallel with, and normally incontact with the side 6 of the next adjacent heXagon on the same side ofthe arm, and these two flat and straight sides form elongatedpinching-surfaees between which the ends of the liandlerchiefs or otherarticles are clamped and held without concentrating This latter would beobjectionable, as it would be likely to tear any delicate fabric if heldat a single definite point in contradistinction to the broad flat jawswhich my elongated hexagone afford and which do not injure the mostdelicate fabric, and yet sufliciently hold the articles in suspendedposition. As the fabric of the article is forced in between the parallelsides of the hexagone the outer and inner angles A and I of the hexagonbecomes somewhat more acute and the clasp-loops slightly elongated.,which gives great elasticity to the clasps and further conserves thesecurity and safety of the fabric and the parallelism of the sides 2 3and 5 6.

Another feature of my invention is to be found in making the two bars I)and b of different widths. The elongated hexagons, it will be seen,project at right angles to the arms and spring` upwardly more easilythan they do downwardly. This is because when the clasps spring up theybend about a long radius having` its center at a' against the narrowstrip 5'; but when sprung downwardly they bend downwardly about ashorter radius having its center at f/ against the broader and lowerstrip b. Furthermore, the two legs of the hexagon are closer together at:1; a' than they are at y/ y. This further contributes to the differentelasticity of the clasps as between an upward and adownward strain. Thevalue of this will be seen when it is understood that the tip of thehandkerchief is inserted between two adjacent clasps by an upwardmovement which permits easy insertion by reason of the increasedflexibility in this direction, while for the downward strain thehandkerchief is held more securely. rIhe outer angles 3 a 5 of thehexagons form between them rentrant angles which afford throats to guidethe fab- IOO ric in inserting the same, and the inner angles 2 l 6extend all the way across the broader clamp-bar b.

In forming up the clasps from a single piece of wire this is cheaplydone on a machine, and the wire clasps are afterward inserted betweenand held by the clamp-bars. In folding' and bending the wire all thelines are straight lines, which makes the construction of dies easier,and the elongated heXagon on one side runs into and continues as a partof the elongated hexagon on the other side, so that the two series ofclasps are continuous and symmetrical.

I am aware that a whip-rack has been formed of two clamp-bars holdingbetween them a series of loops formed by a continuous piece of wire,there being no hexagonal form to the clasps and no broad clamping-jaws,but only a V-shaped angle and no differential elasticity of loops, asbetween the upward and downward strain, and I make no claim to any suchconstruction as exists in said whip-rack.

I am also aware that a necktie-holder has been made with a series ofparallel U-shaped wire loops, and Ido not claim this construction.

My invention is distinctive in its heXagon shape of loop having an innerconvergence as well as an outer convergence. which causes the loop toelongate and the sides to remain parallel when the articles are insertedbetween and also is distinctive in the differential elasticity of theloops as between the upward and downward strain.

My holder with clasp-loops of hexagonal form is very cheaply constructedand forms a safe and eiicient means for holding' delicate fabrics of drygoods-such as handkerchiefs, neckties, ribbons, and laces-and whichgives a handsome and dressy effect to the counters and at the same timefully displays the pa terns and colors of the fabrics The handkerchiefsare quickly and safely removed by a light downward and outward pull, aswanted, and the multiple construction of the clasps permit of indeliniteextension and large storage capacity.

In supporting the radial arms of theholder I have shown them connectedto guy-wires C,

which enable them to carrya greater weight; but as the weight to becarried is inconsiderable these guy-wires in many cases will bedispensed with.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A display-holder for fabrics consisting of a series of elasticheXagon al loops having their parallel sides adjacent to each other,each loop having an angular converging inner portion and an angularconverging outer portion, and retaining-bars forA the same extendingtransversely to theloops substantially as described.

2. Adisplay-holder forfabricsconsis'tingof y two clamping-bars, and aseries of loop-shaped spring-clasps secured between the saidclamping-bars and having the bearing edge of one bar closer out to thefree end of the loop than the bearing edge of the other bar,substantially as and for the purpose described.

8. A display-holder for fabrics consisting of two clamping-bars ofdifferent width centrally placed in relation to each other, and a doubleseries of spring-loops secured between said bars, said loops beingformed of spring-wire running alternately from one side of the bars tothe other substantially as described.

GEORGE WASHINGTON EBRIGHT.

Vitnesses:

D. E. ANDERSON, M. M. HUDSON.

